COMICS: Copy Of The Avengers #4 Sells For A Record Price!

COMICS: Copy Of The Avengers #4 Sells For A Record Price!

With his movie set to be released in July, the classic issue that brought Captain America into the modern Marvel Universe has just sold for a record amount! Hit the jump for details...

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By JoshWilding - Feb 23, 2011 05:02 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics
Source: Bleeding Cool

Although he didnt create Captain America, it was Stan Lee (along with the brilliant Jack Kirby) who reintroduced the iconic character into the Marvel Universe we all know and love back in Avengers #4 in 1964. A CGC 9.6 copy of the issue last night went for $91,500 at ComicLink — a new record for this issue by a large amount. Apparently, there are only 7 copies certified in this grade and none higher.



While this price may seem a little low in comparison to the six figure sums that the likes of Amazing Fantasty #15 (the first appearence of Spider-Man) or Fantastic Four #1 attract, it's worth remembering that Captain America's comic book debut actually took place twenty years earlier than this issue during WWII. However, this is still a great price which is only going to increase in value with both Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers set to hit cinemas in the next couple of years.



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ManThing
ManThing - 2/23/2011, 5:35 AM
cool
Orphix
Orphix - 2/23/2011, 6:05 AM
Wouldn't surprise me if they used this cover as a template for The Avengers film posters - except replacing Giantman with the Hulk.
SmokinIndo
SmokinIndo - 2/23/2011, 6:08 AM
Can someone tell me the highest bid for a comic book that's ever been sold?
Digitaria51
Digitaria51 - 2/23/2011, 6:12 AM
Damn! This makes me want to go through all of mine again. I have Fantastic Four #52 (first appearance of Black Panther) that I saw someone trying to sell on eBay for $4200.00 a while back.
comicb00kguy
comicb00kguy - 2/23/2011, 6:23 AM
Interesting! I'm glad to see a story about this key book being posted. Usually, it's only Amazing Fantasy #15 or FF #1 that get all the attention.

Indoraptor: the highest price paid for a comic is either Action #1 or Detective #27. Don't remember the exact numbers, but top-condition copies of both of these have sold for over a million dollars in the last year or two.
Frecks
Frecks - 2/23/2011, 6:25 AM
Funny how back then it was 12 cents and now its $91,500, i bet people who laughed at us for buying comics wont be anymore
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/23/2011, 6:33 AM
nice,teabag has got a copy of that.

lucky bastard. ;D

captain america 1 & marvel comics 1 are the only two comics that could even come close to action comics 1 or detective comics 27.
thunderforce
thunderforce - 2/23/2011, 6:43 AM
Figures I have the Avengers #3 lol . I missed the first Cap by one . I wouldn't mind getting mine graded though .
Wildaniel
Wildaniel - 2/23/2011, 6:50 AM
My neighbor has boxes and boxes of comic books from the 60s and 70s. He has the amazing spiderman 121 and 122 when qwen stacy dies, but he does not want to sell any of them!!!
nuck82
nuck82 - 2/23/2011, 6:51 AM
tea ill let you keep the butt plug if you let me have the comic ; )
WhiteKnight191
WhiteKnight191 - 2/23/2011, 6:56 AM
@Wildaniel I've got ASM #121 where Gwen Stacy dies, bought it for $50 from someone! :D Best buy of my life!
Xandera
Xandera - 2/23/2011, 7:06 AM
Wow... that's awesome...


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JackJNapier
JackJNapier - 2/23/2011, 7:14 AM
I also own Gwen Stacy death issues
Betty
Betty - 2/23/2011, 7:14 AM
I've got this in wayyyy better condition. I could prolly get more for my copies of Star Brand or Psi-Force though.
marvel72
marvel72 - 2/23/2011, 8:09 AM
@ teabag

i've got x-men 12 the 1st juggernaunt,but its not that good a copy the cover comes away & whoever had it before me scribbled pen marks inside.

the avengers annual 2 it featured the old avengers vs the new avengers,also 1st appearence of the scarlett centurion a classic story.

daredevil 168 1st elektra very nice copy.

does jedi mind tricks work on you,"you will give me your 1st silver surfer". :D

i've also got the 1st pamela anderson photo shoot for playboy.
marcvader1
marcvader1 - 2/23/2011, 8:30 AM
I've got this issue but certainly not anywhere near 9.6. Hmm, should I or shouldn't I...
niknik
niknik - 2/23/2011, 9:13 AM
Damn! I better send mine in to CGC for grading! This one doesn't look much better than mine. That's a lot of dough. Too bad the CGC rapes you when they grade your books. The more the book is worth, the more they charge you to grade it. You would think they were selling it for you, not just putting a grade to it.
MarkSeifert
MarkSeifert - 2/23/2011, 9:54 AM
indoraptor12 -- the highest price paid for any comic was a copy of Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 for $1.5 million.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/03/29/world-comics-record-smashed-action-comics-1-8-5-sells-for-1500000/

The most valuable Silver Age book is a 9.6 FF #1 which changed hands in a cash/trade deal valued at around $425,000.
nld3
nld3 - 2/23/2011, 10:15 AM
I use to have a copy of that. Sold it in the 90s.
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 2/23/2011, 11:52 AM
Sweetness.
spectre88
spectre88 - 2/23/2011, 12:31 PM
I just bought a loose copy recently. Knowing my luck I'd bet its micro trimmed. Man, I hate purple labels.

@teabag, thanks for the boobs, it made my day =D
TayDee
TayDee - 2/23/2011, 1:43 PM
man thats 2 years salary worth of work...but it may pay off in the future.
Cosmo
Cosmo - 2/23/2011, 9:18 PM
The best Captain America issues to have are the Steranko issues. They'll never leave my colleciton! I am a big fan of the Roger Stern/John Byrne run, too.

But then again, I used to own a Hulk 181, too.
SKOne
SKOne - 2/23/2011, 10:02 PM
I hate comic book grading so much. I have a bunch of the Avengers, Tales To Astonish, and Tales of Suspense early issues from the 1960's I was saving for retirement that aren't worth that much now thanks to grading.
JackBauer
JackBauer - 2/24/2011, 7:58 AM
@Tea - I have several early Avengers issues starting with #15 and my earliest Cap is #187. Unfortunately my Hermaphrodites In Love #1 pages are also stuck together ;)

Great pic. Love me some Asian hotties with big boobs!

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